Short Story Writing for Class 4, 5 and 6

Story writing is a part of the English exam where students write a short story from given hints or an outline. The hints or outline give the main events, and the student turns them into a complete story with a title, a clear beginning, middle and end, and a moral. On this page, you will find links to 60 solved stories for Class 4, 5 and 6, sorted by class and type.

Every story page also has simple writing steps, practice questions and answers to common doubts. Start with your class, read a few stories, and then try writing your own.

Short Story Writing with Hints

In this type, you get short clues joined by dots. You must connect all the clues in the same order and build a full story around them.

Short Story Writing with Hints for Class 4
10 simple animal fables like The Thirsty Crow and The Lion and the Mouse, each in 100 to 150 words.

Story Writing with Hints for Class 5
10 stories including Birbal’s Khichdi, Tenali Raman and the Thieves and The Blue Jackal, each in 150 to 200 words.

Story Writing with Hints for Class 6
10 stories like The Vain Stag, Androcles and the Lion and The Emperor’s New Clothes, each in 200 to 250 words.

Short Story Writing from Outline

Here, you get the main events of the story in a longer chain, joined by dashes. Your task is to complete the story with the given outline, using your own words and adding details.

Story Writing from Outline for Class 4
10 easy stories like The Honest Woodcutter and The Monkey and the Crocodile, each in 100 to 150 words.

Story Writing from Outline for Class 5
10 stories including Stone Soup, Birbal Finds the Thief and Tenali Raman and the Cats, each in 150 to 200 words.

Story Writing from Outline for Class 6
10 stories like The Pied Piper of Hamelin, King Bruce and the Spider and The Lost Camel, each in 200 to 250 words.

Hints and Outline: What is the Difference?

Both give you the skeleton of a story, but they look a little different.

Hints are short, broken clues, often separated by dots. They leave more gaps, so you need to fill in the missing parts yourself.

An outline is a fuller list of events, usually separated by dashes. It shows the whole story in order, so your job is mostly to expand each point into sentences.

In both cases, you must use every point and keep them in the given order.

Story Writing Format

A good story, whether from hints or an outline, has five parts.

Title: A short name for the story, placed at the top.

Beginning: Introduces the characters and the place.

Middle: Shows the problem or the main events.

End: Tells how the problem is solved.

Moral: The lesson of the story, written in one line at the end.

Word Limit for Each Class

These are the usual word limits. Always follow the limit given in your own question paper.

Class 4: 100 to 150 words

Class 5: 150 to 200 words

Class 6: 200 to 250 words

5 Tips to Score Well in Story Writing

1. Plan for a minute before writing. Read all the clues and picture the story in your mind first.

2. Never skip a point. Each hint or outline point carries weight, so tick them off as you use them.

3. Write in the past tense. Stories are usually told as things that already happened.

4. Add a little dialogue. A few lines of what the characters say make the story lively.

5. End with a moral that fits. The lesson should come from what actually happens in your story.

FAQs on Story Writing

What is story writing in English?
Story writing is a writing task where students create a short story from hints, an outline or a given beginning. It tests imagination, sentence building, grammar and the ability to tell events in the right order.

Which is easier, hints or an outline?
An outline is usually a little easier because it gives more of the story. Hints leave more gaps, so you need to add more details on your own.

Do I need to learn these stories by heart?
No. Read them to understand how a story is built from clues. In the exam, you may get new hints, so practise writing your own stories rather than memorising these.

How can parents help children practise story writing?
Parents can read a story from these pages with the child, then cover the story and ask the child to rewrite it using only the hints. Later, they can try the practice hints given on each page.